Do give her session on Faith and the Future of Creation a listen! She insightfully outlines the integration of faith and climate science in this talk, explores the biblical concept of ‘dominion’, examines today’s pressing climate challenges, and a offers theological framing for our practical action in response.

We highly recommend setting aside a few minutes—only 19!—to listen to her talk!

If you’ve read Katharine’s book and want to talk about it – or need an excuse to buy and read it, this is your opportunity! Sponsored by the Evangelical Environmental Network in the US, but open to all. Click here for more information. Find the book here.

Enjoy!

If the video doesn’t play, try this link: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Brittany (Ederer) Michalski is hosting a book club on Katharine Hayhoe’s new book, Saving Us. The club runs from September 21 through November 11, and the timing is intended for participants in the US, but night-owls in other parts of the world can certainly join in if you like.

More information and sign up for the club here.

A Rocha International recently held an online “Festival” for their entire global family. Besides being a model of how to conduct a conference for hundreds of people over many different time zones (Congratulations, whoever pulled that off! Great job!), the Festival also featured several very high quality and important talks. We requested, and A Rocha have agreed, that these talks be made available to the rest of us. Here’s what’s on offer:

• Simon Stuart (A Rocha CEO): The State of the World (YouTube / Vimeo)
• Deepa Senapathi: The Choices We Make (intesection of conservation and farming) (Vimeo)
• Katharine Hayhoe: Talking Climate Change with Christians (Vimeo); Dealing with Disagreement (Vimeo); Finding Hope (Vimeo) [*]

[*Insider tip: a good bit of Katharine’s material is also covered in her new book coming in September. You’ll want to both watch and read… !]

We’re always on the lookout for materials that can be used in a church or Sunday School/small group setting to help people navigate Creation Care generally as well as subtopics like climate change. We’ve just learned about this series from Tearfund:

Christianity and Climate Change: Do you want to take a closer look at the climate crisis and how Christians are called to respond? Christianity and climate change is a nine-part film series featuring Katharine Hayhoe, the internationally renowned Christian climate scientist. In each episode, she responds to climate questions from key church leaders and members in Scotland. You can also find discussion questions and further actions to go with each film in our leader’s guide.  

Here’s a list of the topics:

• Film one: What the Bible says about the natural world ‘What is your understanding from the Bible of how God views the natural world?’
• Film two: Climate change is a poverty issue ‘How is climate change affecting the developing world where organisations like Tearfund work?’
• Film three: How to persuade others to care about climate change ‘Do you have any advice on how we help fellow Christians understand the importance of working to end climate change?’
• Film four: What we can do as a church ‘What advice would you give churches that want to do something together to combat the effects of climate change?’
• Film five: Speaking to other Christians about climate change ‘What are the ways in which we can engage in the climate change debate and gently point people to Jesus?’
• Film six: Grateful for fossil fuels but time to move on ‘How do you engage with Christians who may take a very different view than you do regarding climate change?’
• Film seven: Climate change is a threat multiplier ‘How do we ensure that care for creation and climate change remain not only on the agenda, but high up the agenda?’
• Film eight: There can be a better future ‘What are some key changes you hope happen after lockdown procedures ease up in terms of climate change-related behaviour?’
• Film nine: It is not too late ‘Given the trajectory in our use of greenhouse gases and the global rise in temperature, is it already too late to react?

And here is the first episode. Discussion questions are included on the main page here.

The lecture will be held in Washington DC ( 1200 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC ) from 5:30 to 7:15 pm December 17, with a reception to follow. BUT we believe it is also available for streaming online. Check it out and pass the word.

Program description here.

Registration link here.

More information send a message here.